Are development theories of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s still relevant today? Discuss with reference to modernisation theory. Modernisation theory to dependency theory, Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) to good governance reforms, the field of development is continually changing as ideas are critiqued, adapted and replaced. However, rarely do ideas disappear, rather they are deconstructed ...

A strong positive relationship between reproductive success (offspring count) and status (position in the institutional hierarchy) is demonstrated in a contemporary sample of male university employees (n 1⁄4 2693). Male academics in leading positions have more children than do other male employees. In female university employees (n 1⁄4 2073), a negative relationship between status and reproduct...

Low birth rates in developed societies reflect women's difficulties in combining work and motherhood. While demographic research has focused on the role of formal childcare in easing this dilemma, evolutionary theory points to the importance of kin. The cooperative breeding hypothesis states that the wider kin group has facilitated women's reproduction during our evolutionary history. This mech...

this study aims to show the changes of the image of arabic/persian other in the novels of iranian author, ahmad mahmud and arabic author¬, abd al-rahman munif. in this comparative study, we follow the both of american and russian schools in comparative literature that focus on common and uncommon points between literary works. the study has divided in two sections: “the image of other and its r...

nizar qabani, a great modern arab poet, is best known for his poetry on women and politics. however in his political poems there are some conspicuous realistic veins which reflect the special effects of geography, customs, religion, traditions, and thought across the arab world on realism as a literary school. the mission of arabic literature is to reflect the realities of arab societies, which...

Abstract Evidence suggests that natural resources have driven conflict and underdevelopment in modern Africa. We show this relationship exists primarily when neighboring regions are resource-rich. When neighbors resource-poor, own instead drive economic growth. To motivate the empirical study of set facts, we present a simple model parties engaged potential over resources, revealing prosperity ...

AbstractIt is critically important to intensify farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa by disseminating improved agronomic practices and increasing the application of modern inputs (Chaps. 1 2 this volume). One region’s challenges that proper land preparation difficult due scarcity draft animals underdevelopment tractor rental market (Chap. 7). Our analysis rice production Cote d’Ivoire reveals ...

This chapter covers theories of the modern information age in a number of steps: First, there is a description of some of the intellectual precursors that give rise to the notion that we are living in an information or knowledge age. Second, an enumeration of some of the perspectives that lead to the idea of modern societies as knowledge or information societies. Third, the usage of the term kn...